Community & Culture

Professor Robert Boswell of the molecular, cellular and developmental biology department at the University of Colorado at Boulder today was named interim vice chancellor for diversity, equity and community engagement effective July 15.

Soviet photojournalists working for the country's most important newspapers were among the first to document the unfolding Holocaust in their homeland, and they were also witnessing and recording the slaughter of Soviet citizens who, like the photographers themselves, were Jewish.

People attending the University of Colorado at Boulder commencement ceremony on Friday, May 7, at 8:30 a.m. at Folsom Field will join a projected crowd of about 20,000 and should plan an early arrival to avoid traffic congestion.

John Wood, founder of the international nonprofit organization "Room to Read," will give the commencement address during the University of Colorado at Boulder's spring graduation ceremony on Friday, May 7, beginning at 8:30 a.m. at Folsom Field.

Beginning today, the University of Colorado at Boulder could be picketed by members of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas. As many of you know, this organization targets traditions and institutions ranging from military funerals to public schools to drive home a strongly anti-gay, hateful, despicable set of messages.

Todd Gleeson, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder and chair of the search committee for provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs, announced today that Robert J. Sternberg has withdrawn as a candidate for the position at CU-Boulder in order to pursue a pending offer at another university.

The University of Colorado at Boulder and the City of Boulder are announcing a pilot party registration program that is designed to help students become better informed about how to host responsible gatherings while giving police and neighbors other options for resolving noise complaints.

Officials at the Wardenburg Health Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder are encouraging students who attended a party in the 700 block of 36th Street in Boulder on the night of April 2 to contact the health center or their primary care provider

Amid an extensive lineup of Earth Day events at the University of Colorado at Boulder April 10-25, the campus will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its Environmental Center, founded by students as the "Eco-Center" on the inaugural Earth Day in 1970.